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May 1, 2023
Building better algorithms to build better blockchains
Matt Weinberg, an expert in economics and computation, sees decentralization as a tool, rather than an objective.
April 25, 2023
Teaching trucks to see
A startup cofounded by Felix Heide has been acquired by Torc. Heide’s technology will start being used in operational autonomous test trucks in the not-too-distant-future.
April 20, 2023
Surface steers signals for next-gen networks
5G communications’ superfast download speeds rely on the high frequencies that drive the transmissions. But the highest frequencies come with a tradeoff.
April 3, 2023
Computational biologist Yuri Pritykin wins NSF CAREER award
Yuri Pritykin, an expert in genomics and computational biology, has received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award, a top honor for early-career faculty.
March 23, 2023
Christopher Moretti and Matt Weinberg win teaching awards
Christopher Moretti and Matt Weinberg were recognized yesterday at the annual School of Engineering and Applied Science Excellence in Teaching Awards.
February 15, 2023
Heide and Majumdar awarded 2023 Sloan Fellowships
The Sloan Foundation has announced that Felix Heide, an expert in computer vision, and Anirudha Majumdar, an expert in robotics, have been selected as 2023 Sloan Research Fellows in computer science.
January 4, 2023
Artificial intelligence enters a new era
For artificial intelligence to realize its potential — to relieve humans from mundane tasks, make life easier, and eventually invent entirely new solutions to our problems — computers will need to surpass us at two things that we humans do pretty well: see the world around us and understand our language.
December 21, 2022
Words prove their worth as teaching tools for robots
Exploring a new way to teach robots, Princeton researchers have found that human-language descriptions of tools can accelerate the learning of a simulated robotic arm lifting and using a variety of tools.
December 21, 2022
Ruth Fong: Teaching the creativity of computer science
For Ruth Fong, the fundamental appeal of computer science lies in its creativity. “To be able to program,” she said, “is to be able to create and be creative.”
December 20, 2022
Artificial intelligence enters a new era
A Covid-19 patient is rushed to the emergency room for trouble breathing and placed on a ventilator. The ventilator senses various conditions including the pressure in the patient’s lungs and injects the appropriate amount of oxygen to help the patient breathe normally again.
December 14, 2022
Department seeks applicants for teaching faculty positions
The Department of Computer Science seeks applications from exceptional individuals who share our strong commitment to undergraduate education to join our teaching faculty in one or more full-time positions at the rank of Lecturer.
December 13, 2022
Computer-graphics leader Szymon Rusinkiewicz wins Schowalter Award
Szymon Rusinkiewicz, an expert in computer graphics and robotics, has received the 2023 Schowalter Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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